The Lens

The Lens

Regular perspectives & updates from across the continent

IJR’s Lens on Africa

June 2024
  • A Master Class or Another Take? How a Master Strategist outmanoeuvred an entire country – Lorenzo Davids
  • The Complexity of being the ANC: Does it secretly long for the opposition benches? -Lorenzo Davids
May 2024
  • Will Mnangagwa pass the Litmus Test of Democratic Resolve?  –  Nyasha Mcbride Mpani
  • Rwanda deploying another 2,500 soldiers to help Mozambique fight Cabo Delgado insurgency – Charles Mangwiro
April 2024

Humanitarian Crisis in Cabo Delgado: The Need for Relief and the Quest for Peacemaking.
– Charles Mangwiro

Burundi-Rwanda Rivalry: RED-Tabara Rebel Attacks Add to Regional Tensions.
Patrick Hajayandi

From Hope to Crisis: Senegal’s Victory and Togo’s Setback
Nyasha Mcbride Mpani

October 2023

SA Reconciliation Barometer, Afrobarometer respond to 30-Year Review
Kate Lefko-Everett, Preston Govindasamy and Jan Hofmeyr

September 2023

Building BRICS for a Multipolar World Order
Tim Murithi

August 2023

Sober reflections on Women’s Day
Felicity Harrison

July 2023

Amid energy crisis, difficult decisions with broader social implications, lie ahead for the South African government
Asafika Mpako and Preston Govindasamy

June Special Edition 2023

Remembering the Soweto Uprising: Fuelling South African Youth’s Unyielding Spirit
Danielle Hoffmeester

June 2023

Youth Month: Honouring the Sacrifices of 1976
Ric Amansure

May 2023

Empires of Deception: Africa and the Transformation of the International System
–  Tim Murithi

April 2023

Reclaiming our shared humanity: Reflections for Human Rights Month
– Felicity Harrison

March 2023

The War in Ukraine: One Year On

February 2023

Can transitional justice address violent extremism in Africa?
– Amanda Lucey

31 August 2022

Have we lost the ability of being offended or must we be intolerant of intolerance?
– Felicity Harrision